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Not specified Commons in parliament That cheese and butter may be freely exported...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1324

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This record is about the Not specified Commons in parliament That cheese and butter may be freely exported... dating from [1439] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/27/1324
Date
[1439]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified
Addressees
Commons in parliament
Nature of request
That cheese and butter may be freely exported from the realm without licence, notwithstanding any contrary statutes.
Nature of endorsement
The king wishes it, provided that he can restrict it as it pleases him.
Places mentioned
Calais, [France]
Note
Said in Rot. Parl. V, p.23, to be one of the common petitions in the parliament which met on 12 November 1439.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2020
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.24a-b (no. iii) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061503/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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